frenchetc.org La préparation des Jeux Olympiques Getting ready for the Olympic Games Le Français Tel Quel - French As It Is View this video (copy paste) or listen to FRENCH ETC. audio http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9zQ207XaZk culture capsules - clins d’œil culturels Facts about French numbers Decimal numbers and thousands Where a period is a comma, and where a comma is a period or a space. English 1.5 is French 1,5 English 1,564 is French 1.564 or 1 564 except for zip codes and years, which are written without spaces. Handwriting numbers In writing numbers, one must be careful about the penmanship. You would not want your letter to arrive at the wrong house because the American 7 you wrote looks like a 1 to the postman. Or if you are writing checks, you wouldn’t want the bank to make a mistake. A French 1 looks like an American 7. A French 4 looks like an American 6. A French 9 looks like an American g. One hundred vs. cent In English, you say ONE hundred, in French you say CENT, not UN CENT . It works the same way for a thousand. In English, you say ONE thousand. In French, MILLE, not UN MILLE . A billion (10 9) is « un milliard » , not « un billion ». « un billion » (10 12) is « un million de millions ». 1,000,000,000 = 10 9 is an American billion and a French « milliard » 1,000,000,000,000 = 10 12 is a British billion and a French « billion » or « un mil- lion de millions ». LE FRANÇAIS TEL QUEL PODCAST PODCASTS AND TUTORIALS YOU CAN TAKE ANYWHERE DON’T FORGET TO SET UP YOUR TUTORIAL www.frenchetc.org Bonjour et bienvenue to FRENCH ETC. French As Is Podcast @ www.frenchetc.org Let’s go back to 2005, when London was getting ready of the Olympic Games. This newsreel relates the dif- ferent steps of the British city for the big 2012 event. Listen to the news report, go through the vocabulary, and study sports, facts about num- bers and talking about days in the Premium worksheet. Anne is bringing you today’s French, with authentic and useful ex- pressions. Merci et thank you for listening to FRENCH ETC. I hope you found this helpful, and if you want more, please visit www.frenchetc.org . I love questions, com- ments, and suggestions. Feel free to leave a reply in the post. Visit frenchetc.org [email protected]skype tutorial phone tutorial
Transcript
f renchetc.org
La préparation des Jeux Olympiques
Getting ready for the Olympic Games
Le Français Tel Quel - French As It Is
View this video (copy paste) or listen to FRENCH ETC. audio
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9zQ207XaZk
culture capsules - clins d’œil culturels
Facts about French numbers
Decimal numbers and thousands
Where a period is a comma, and where a comma is a period or a space.English 1.5 is French 1,5English 1,564 is French 1.564 or 1 564 except for zip codes and years, which are written without spaces.
Handwriting numbers
In writing numbers, one must be careful about the penmanship. You would not want your letter to arrive at the wrong house because the American 7 you wrote looks like a 1 to the postman. Or if you are writing checks, you wouldn’t want the bank to make a mistake.
A French 1 looks like an American 7. A French 4 looks like an American 6. A French 9 looks like an American g.
One hundred vs. centIn English, you say ONE hundred, in French you say CENT, not UN CENT. It works the same way for a thousand. In English, you say ONE thousand. In French, MILLE, not UN MILLE.
A billion (109) is « un milliard » , not « un billion ».
« un billion » (1012) is « un million de millions ».
1,000,000,000 = 109 is an American billion and a French « milliard »
1,000,000,000,000 = 1012 is a British billion and a French « billion » or « un mil-lion de millions ».
LE FRANÇAIS TEL QUEL PODCAST PODCASTS AND TUTORIALS YOU CAN TAKE ANYWHERE
DON’T FORGET TO SET UP YOUR TUTORIAL www.frenchetc.org
Bonjour et bienvenue to FRENCH ETC.
French As Is Podcast @ www.frenchetc.org
Let’s go back to 2005, when London was getting ready of the Olympic Games. This newsreel relates the dif-ferent steps of the British city for the big 2012 event. Listen to the news report, go through the vocabulary, and study sports, facts about num-bers and talking about days in the Premium worksheet.
Anne is bringing you today’s French, with authentic and useful ex-pressions. Merci et thank you for listening to FRENCH ETC. I hope you found this helpful, and if you want more, please visit www.frenchetc.org. I love questions, com-ments, and suggestions. Feel free to leave a reply in the post.
textÉcoutez la baladodiffusion /frenchetc.org/ et répétez
La préparation des jeux olympiques
6 juillet 2005, Londres est sélectionné pour les jeux olympiques 2012. L’euphorie est de courte durée : le lendemain matin, 52 personnes meurent dans des attentats suici-des dans les transports, à l’heure de pointe. Malgré le deuil, les organisateurs doivent se concentrer sur les travaux. La longue trans-formation d’une zone industrielle désaffec-tée commence dans l’est de Londres. L’idée est de créer un vaste site olympique traversé par des voies navigables, avec des équi-pements sportifs dernier cri. Sur le long terme, le parc devra faire revivre ces quar-tiers défavorisés en créant des milliers d’em-ploi.
En 2007, le budget des jeux dépasse déjà les onze milliards d’euros, soit quatre fois le montant initial. Au même moment, la crise financière gagne du terrain et les pre-miers ministres successifs se battent pour justi-fier les dépenses publiques nécessaires.
Les délais de construction sont tenus. À côté d’un stade de quatre-vingt mille pla-ces, un centre aquatique futuriste et un vé-lodrome sortent de terre. Le site dédié au canoë-kayak au nord de Londres est le premier à ouvrir au printemps 2011. Un peu plus tôt, une sculpture sinueuse d’Anish Ka-poor est érigée dans le parc et le paysage autrefois industriel et pollué se métamor-phose. Les structures sont désormais en place et les organisateurs multiplient les compétitions tests pour ne laisser au hasard que les résultats des épreuves et la couleur du ciel.
text translationListen to the Podcast /frenchetc.org/ and repeat
Getting ready for the Olympic Games
On July 6, 2005, London is selected for the 2012 Olympic Games. The euphoria is short-lived: the next day, 52 people die in suicide attacks in public transportation, dur-ing rush hour. Despite the grief, the organiz-ers must concentrate on building. The long transformation of a disused industrial zone starts in East London. The idea is to create a huge Olympic site crossed by navigable riv-ers with state-of-the-art sports facilities. On the long run, the park is supposed to bring these underprivileged neighborhoods back to life by creating thousands of jobs.
In 2007, the Olympic Games budget already exceeds eleven billion Euros, that is to say four times the initial amount. At the same time, the financial crisis gains ground and the successive prime ministers fight to justify the necessaries public spending.
The building schedule is respected. Next to a eighty-thousand-seat stadium, a futuristic aquatic center and a bicycle ring are rising from the ground. The site devoted to canoeing in Northern London is the first one to open in the 2011 spring. A bit earlier, a winding sculpture by Anish Kapoor is erected in the park and the former industrial and polluted landscape is (completely) transformed. The structures are set from then on and the organizers multiply competitions in order to leave nothing to chance but sports events results and the color of the sky.
.
LE FRANÇAIS TEL QUEL PODCAST PODCASTS AND TUTORIALS YOU CAN TAKE ANYWHERE
DON’T FORGET TO SET UP YOUR TUTORIAL www.frenchetc.org
In this worksheet, you’ll find1.Sports terms – Vocabulaire du sport2.Different sports – Divers sports3.Expressions with sports – Expressions avec le sport4.Disabled and Adaptative sports – Handisport et sports adaptés
1. Sports terms – Vocabulaire du sport
abs, obliques mp abdos
agility f agilité
amateur m/f amateur
athlete m/f athlète
balance m équilibre
bench-press m développé couché
biceps mp biceps
bike m vélo
body m corps
body fat f graisse, masse graisseuse
bodybuilding f muscu, musculation
burn feeling f sensation de brûlure
cardio, cardiovascular m/f cardio-vasculaire
class m cours
coach m, m/f entraîneur, coach
coordination f coordination
courage m courage
crampons, boots mp crampons
dumbbell, barbell m haltère
elliptical machine m elliptique
endurance f endurance
equipment f installation
event f épreuve
finals f finale
LE FRANÇAIS TEL QUEL PODCAST PODCASTS AND TUTORIALS YOU CAN TAKE ANYWHERE
DON’T FORGET TO SET UP YOUR TUTORIAL www.frenchetc.org
Alpine combined m combiné alpinAlpine, downhill skiing m ski alpin, ski de pistearchery m tir à l’arcbadminton m badmintonbasketball m basket, basket-ballbicycling m cyclismeboxing f boxecanoeing m canoë-kayakcar racing f course de voitureclimbing, rock-climbing f escaladefencing m escrimefield hockey m hockey sur gazonfigure skating m patinage artistiquefootball m foot-ball américaingolfing m golfgymnastics f gymnastiquehandball m hand, hand-ballhigh jump m saut en hauteurhiking f marche, randonnéehockey m hockeyice boating f voile sur glaceice skating m patinagejogging m jogging, course à piedjudo m judoluge f luge de coursemodern pentathlon m pentathlon modernemountaineering m alpinismeNordic combined m combiné nordiqueNordic skiing m ski de fond
LE FRANÇAIS TEL QUEL PODCAST PODCASTS AND TUTORIALS YOU CAN TAKE ANYWHERE
DON’T FORGET TO SET UP YOUR TUTORIAL www.frenchetc.org
Mots Croisés – Crossword PuzzleLes sports – Sports Print out this page and fill out the puzzle in French with the clues provided. The answers are at the bottom of the page. Don’t peek!
“Le lendemain matin, 52 personnes meurent...” - Talking about days
Je fais le ménage jour après jour et c’est toujours à recommencer.I clean the house day in and day out, and it’s never over.
l’avant-veille = the day before the day beforela veille = the day beforele jour même = this dayle lendemain = the day afterle surlendemain = the day after the day afterjour après jour, tous les jours, constamment = day in and day out
avant-hier = the day before yesterdayhier = yesterdayaujourd’hui = todaydemain = tomorrowaprès-demain = the day after tomorrow
ce matin = this morningcet après-midi = this afternoonce soir = tonight (evening)cette nuit = tonight (night)demain matin = tomorrow morninghier soir = last night
LE FRANÇAIS TEL QUEL PODCAST PODCASTS AND TUTORIALS YOU CAN TAKE ANYWHERE
DON’T FORGET TO SET UP YOUR TUTORIAL www.frenchetc.org
Aujourd’hui, nous sommes le 14 juillet. Hier, nous étions le 13 et avant-hier le 12. De-main, nous serons le 15 et après-demain le 16 juillet.
Ce jour-là, nous étions le 14 juillet. La veille, nous étions le 13 et l’avant-veille le 12. Le lendemain, nous étions le 15 et le surlendemain le 16 juillet.
Ce matin, je suis allée faire une marche avec toi et cet après-midi, je fais du vélo avec une copine. Ce soir, je vais au théâtre. Cette nuit, je vais bien dormir. Et toi, qu’est-ce que tu as fait hier soir ? Que feras-tu demain matin ?
Or translate from English to French for more challenge
Today, it’s July 14. Yesterday, it was the 13 and the day before, the 12. Tomorrow, it will be the 15 and the day after tomorrow, July 16.
That day, it was July 14. The day before, it was the 13 and the day before the day be-fore, the 12. The next day, it will be the 15 and the day after the next day, July 16.
This morning, I went walking with you and this afternoon, I’m biking with a friend. To-night, I’m going to the theater. Tonight, I’ll sleep well. And you, what did you do last night? What will you do tomorrow morning?
LE FRANÇAIS TEL QUEL PODCAST PODCASTS AND TUTORIALS YOU CAN TAKE ANYWHERE
DON’T FORGET TO SET UP YOUR TUTORIAL www.frenchetc.org
